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Khan Academy: Subject, Direct Object, and Indirect Object

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A subject is the noun phrase that drives the action of a sentence; in the sentence "Jake ate cereal," Jake is the subject. The direct object is the thing that the subject acts upon, so in that last sentence, "cereal" is the direct object; it's the thing Jake ate. An indirect object is an optional part of a sentence; it's the recipient of an action. In the sentence "Jake gave me some cereal," the word "me" is the indirect object; I'm the person who got cereal from Jake.

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